Throughout CRDG’s history, professional development has always been an integral part of its work to improve educational practice. Just as CRDG began in an era of changing needs and practices in education, the professional development programs highlighted here demonstrate how…
School Internet Safety Initiative
CRDG’s learning technologies researchers continued work on their School Internet Safety Initiative with a series of professional development sessions based on their research with the US Department of Justice’s Office for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and their work on…
Two Major Mathematics Research Projects End
The Developing Algebra Resources for Teaching (DART) project spanned three years and involved work with secondary mathematics teachers from more than ten O‘ahu schools, helping them to deepen their own understanding of key algebra concepts and the Common Core State…
Professional Development Supports Collaborative Research
A longstanding professional partnership with Connections Public Charter School (CPCS) continued in 2012 with a series of professional development sessions in mathematics for teachers at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. CPCS has been a research partner with CRDG…
Building STEM Capacity in Early Education
The National Research Council’s new publication A Framework for K–12 Science Education notes that “teaching science as envisioned by the framework requires that teachers have a strong understanding of the scientific ideas and practices they are expected to teach, including…